Lemon Meringue Pie

During the Easter holidays I finally got to spare some time to bake something yummy. One of J's favorite desserts is the Lemon Meringue Pie, so it was settled. 

Lemon pie before adding the meringue

I had baked lemon tarts previously, as you may recall, so it was basically the same thing plus the meringue. Last time I bought the ready-to-fill tartalette shells, but this time I made the base myself. There's a more complicated way of doing this dough, but I went for the also delicious and 100 times faster version. I just crashed some digestive cookies and mixed them with a bit of melted butter until blended together in the form of a wet paste. For the lemon curd recipe, you can check my lemon tart recipe, and the meringue doesn't really need much of an explanation. 

You can pull up points on the meringue with the back of a spoon for a prettier look

It was SO delicious my husband congratulated me for a whole day. I feel like it turned out really pretty, too, don't you think?

You need to put the cake in the oven for a couple minutes to get this roasted effect on the meringue